“What if we make better decisions when we trust our gut instincts? While there is an extensive literature on the potential wisdom of human emotion, it’s only in the last few years that researchers have demonstrated that the emotional system (aka Type 1 thinking) might excel at complex decisions, or those involving lots of variables.”
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They Look Good On Paper: Designing Temporary Buildings From Cardboard
Architect Shigeru Ban’s plan for a temporary cathedral for earthquake-ravaged Christchurch, NZ is but one prominent example of quick, relatively inexpensive structures made from sturdy treated cardboard.
A MacArthur-Style ‘Genius Grant’ For Playwrights
This initiative by New York’s Signature Theater Company “guarantees three full productions of new plays by five early to mid-career playwrights, who will also receive ‘a significant cash award, full health benefits, a stipend to attend theater’ and full access to the theater’s staff and resources.”
Netflix To Split In Two
“In the wake of a rapid decline in Netflix’s stock price last week, [Netflix CEO Reed] Hastings is taking a bold step by separating the DVD and video streaming services. The DVD-by-mail service will now be called Qwikster, and the streaming service will maintain the Netflix brand. That’s right: the new business (streaming) will keep the existing name.”
Despite Recession, Kansas City Opens Glittering New Arts Center
“The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, a $326 million concrete-and-glass clamshell overlooking downtown, … was designed by the prominent architect Moshe Safdie and paid for with private donations. The building, people here say, reflects the willingness of Kansas City residents to open their wallets if it means raising the national profile of the city’s arts scene.”
NEA Chief Launches Partnership To Use Arts As Economic Engine
Rocco Landesman “has helped to enlist an unusual consortium of foundations, corporations and federal agencies that will use cultural enterprises to anchor and enliven 34 projects around the country, from a struggling city block in Detroit to a vacant school in East Harlem.”
Richard Hamilton, 89, ‘The Father Of Pop Art’
“[C]elebrating lowbrow culture was never his aim. He did not share pop art’s idolisation of advertisements and comic strips, nor the teenage dreams much of it referred to. His analysis of the methods of commercial and technical image-making was matched by his study of high art.”
EU Extends Copyright Protection To 70 Years
“The European Union on Monday agreed to extend royalty protection for music performers and producers from 50 years to 70 years. … Thousands of European performers who recorded in the 1960s were on the point of losing airplay royalties, and suffering a subsequent loss of income.”
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About British Architecture, And Then Some
The Guardian (UK)’s guide to British architecture praises (and attacks) brutalism; explains what Georgian really means; delineates modernism and post-modernism … and so much more.
Michael Hart, 64, Founder Of Project Guttenberg
“He kept Project Gutenberg going on a shoestring, begging and borrowing equipment; using home remedies rather than paying to see the doctor; and building computers from discarded components. As he did not own a car for many years, he carried equipment around on a cart attached to his bicycle.”